Fuel saver



Mar. 6, 1923.

H. A. SCHRAMM T AL.

FUEL (SAVER. man mm1. 1922.

Patented Mar. 6, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

vHENRY A. SCHH/AMM AND JACKSON D. HAWKINS, 0F SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

FUEL SAVER.

Application filed February 11, 1922. Serial No. 535,809.

To aZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, HENRY A. SCHRAMM and JACKSON D. HAwKrNs, citizens ofthe United States, residing at San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fuel Savers; and we do hereby declarev the following to 'bea full, clear, and exact description of the inventiomsuch as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in fuel savers and has for its primary object the provision of means whereby two utensils containing ingredients to be heated or cooked may be heated from a single burner or ire source and said means also permits the' cooking of cereals and the like without the ilame from the burner coming in direct Contact with the utensil containing the same and thereby obviate the scorching or burning of the cereal.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a fuel saver of the above stated character which will be simple, durable and efficient, and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

With these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of our invention reference is to be had to` the following description and accompanying drawings in which Figure l is a perspective view illustrating a fuel'saver applied to a stove,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating the same, and

Figure 3 is a view in end elevation of a I fuel saver.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral l indicates a burner element of circular formation adapted to be positioned over a burner 2 of a stove 3 and consists of a side wall 4 of substantially circular shape and a top wall 5 provided with a centrally arranged opening 6 that is disposed directly over the burner so that a cooking utensil supported by the top wall 5 may' come in direct contact with.- the flame from the burner. The side wall 4 at one point is cut away and provided with parallel extending extensions 7 to which a heat flue 8 is secured. The 'heat flue S has one end of its side -walls v9` secured to the extensions 7 while the other ends are formed integrally with a curved end wall 10 and which is formed integrally with a bottom wall 11 that is formed integrally -with the lower edges of the side walls 9 and its end adjacent to the ,burner `element 1 is cut away as shown at 12. The side walls 9 at their upper edges are cut away adjacent to the burner element 1 to form inclined rests 13 and have secured thereto a top wall 14 which has one end secured to the top wall 5 of the burner member and its other end arcuately cut away to cooperate with the curved end wall 10 and forming a circular opening to the heat flue and over which is adapted to rest a cooking utensil. The curved end wall is provided with a plurality of vertically disposed grooves 15 which are formed by corrugating the end walls 10 and said grooves are adapted to project beyond the wall of a cooking utensil resting upon the heat flue for the purpose of permitting the heat within the iue to escape therefrom and about the utensil.

The inclined rest 13 of the side walls 9 permits the top wall 14 to converge into a plane with the top wall 5 of the bfurner member while the remaining portion of the top wall is disposed in a plane above the burner member. The flue opening 16 defined by the top wall 14 and the curved end wall 10 is disposed laterally of the burner member 1 so that a cooking utensil may be placed thereon without interfering with the cooking utensil placed over the opening in the top wall 5 of the burner member.A

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it should be apparent that a device has been provided whereby it is possible toy heat two utensils separately from a single burner or fire source and that the ingredients in one utensil may be thoroughly cooked or heated without the liability of being scorched or burned caused by coming in direct contact with the flame of the burner, and also the two utensils being heated from a single burner materially reduces the expense ras the heat for heating one utensil is converted or directed against a second utensil. When desiring to cook cerws or 6:; Lei-73901 the like Withoutk the danger oi burningy or scorching the same :1nd when not employingr a utensil over the openingv of the top Wall of the burner member l, the utensil containing` the cereal is placed over the opening 16 in the heat flue und the opening` in the top Wall of the burner member l muy be closed by u. suitable lid (not shown).

Vhile We have shown and described the preferred embodiment of our invention, it will be understood that minor vchanges in construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described our what We claim is A fuel vsever comprising a burner meinber having` a top Wall with an opening` thereinvention in, sidewalls below said top Wall und extended to form the side endend Walls of a heet flue, said flue havingtop and bottom wells, the top Wall of said heat fluel stopping short of the end Wall thereof to provide an opening` over which a utensil may be positioned, the end Wall of seid heat liuc being curved Krnd having vertically disposed grooves, the bottom Wall oi2 said flue extending to the loWe-r edge of the end Wall thereof7 and said grooves adapted to bel disposed beyond the bottom of a utensil to` 

